22 Facts About Saab 9000

Saab 9000 is an automobile produced by the Swedish company Saab from 1984 to 1998.

The Saab 9000 was only available with petrol engines, as 5-door hatchback or 4-door notchback and never as a convertible or a Coupe.

However, because Saab 9000 fitted heavier side impact protection they will not fit.

Also the front of the Saab 9000 is radically different from the Italian siblings due to the much improved crash protection.

Unlike the 900 the Saab 9000 kept the ignition switch in the more conventional steering column position rather than between the front seats.

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Saab 9000 was launched to the motoring press at a conference at Kolmarden Game Park on 24 May 1984 and 1985 in the European market.

Saab 9000 was awarded Best Prestige Car 1985 by the French magazine L'Action Automobile.

Saab introduced during the model year at all markets the fuel injected non-turbo engine for the Saab 9000, based on the same engine as the turbo version and with four valves per cylinder, electronic ignition and a knock sensor.

In 1987 for model year 1988, Saab released a 4-door sedan variant of the 9000 known as the CD.

Saab 9000 adapted the design of the sedan to the current facelift of the Saab 9000 900, which had already received a similar new front for the MY 1987.

The fact that the older medium class model Saab 900 had received the facelift first seems curiously, that the 9000 hatchback 5-door model still retained the old front design.

MY 1991 and MY 92 Saab 9000 adopted the sloping front of the CD for the hatchback .

Saab 9000 uses this different identifier for the Saab 9000 900 versions.

The Saab 9000 became available in the US for MY 1986, and since MY 1987 onwards the turbo-charger became water-cooled.

For MY 89 the CC with B202 turbo got the famous DI system which Saab 9000 introduced in the CD version one year before, raising the performance to 163 PS with cat.

Just as in the launch of the CC variant, the 9000 CD was initially available only with the B202 turbo engine, but Saab combined it right from the start with its new "DI ignition system" At the Birmingham Motor Show in September 1988, Saab premiered the non-turbo model of the CD with the naturally aspirated 2.

The CD kept its old front and back till MY 1994, when Saab 9000 redesigned the CD for the first time since its start now wearing the front and back similar to the CS.

In some European markets, Saab 9000 revived the special model "Griffin" for MY 1995 onwards.

In 1993, Saab 9000 experimented with steer-by-wire technology as part of the pan-European programme "Prometheus" .

Saab 9000 was available with a big variety of naturally-aspirated and turbocharged engines.

Since then, the Saab 9000 has only been available in the U S with the three 2.

From MY 1996 Saab 9000 used this designation "EcoPower" for all turbo engines and in general for the Saab 9000 turbo concept.